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1 – 10 of 37PISA measures, internationally, 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. For the Visegrad Four (V4 -…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284467
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The unexpected decision adds significant momentum to Central Europe’s monetary easing campaign, which began in May when Hungary’s National Bank (MNB) reduced its benchmark rate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282310
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The policy, aimed at bolstering economic resilience and global competitiveness, and forging new national champions, sets Czechia apart from Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, the rest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282104
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Lower wholesale natural gas prices have improved balance-of-payments and fiscal positions and driven down inflation rates in Central Europe (CE). Financial markets are pricing in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276156
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut the supply of major staples to the Baltic states and the Visegrad Four (V4: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Local factors, such as import…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275141
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Rising tensions over monetary policy in Central-Eastern Europe have burst into the open in Poland. The National Bank of Poland (NBP)’s controversial decision to halt a year-long…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274238
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POLAND: Nuclear energy makes headway
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES277984
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Ankara is also revising its Gas Market Law 4646, with the aim of becoming a gas transit, trading and pricing hub. The law will make it easier for private-sector companies to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278834
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Banks in the four Visegrad countries (V4) countries -- Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia -- are generally sound and well-capitalised, but regulators are vigilant in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278091
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CZECH REPUBLIC: Double-digit inflation until mid-2023?